This could be a great game, with Qingdao Youth Island in 2nd and Nanjing City in 3rd. Here's our match guide!
- Qingdao Youth Island have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nanjing City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League One
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face match!
Qingdao Youth Island form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Qingdao Youth Island at their home stadium (Qingdao Tiantai Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Qingdao's previous match was a FA Cup game also played at home, finishing 2-1 against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
Prior to that, an away loss at Jinan Xingzhou in the League One.There will be little rest for Qingdao Youth Island after this match as they are travelling to Suzhou Dongwu for a League One game in only three days.
Qingdao have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Qingdao Youth Island are not conceding a lot of goals here at Qingdao Tiantai Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 4 matches.
Nanjing City form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Nanjing City have produced an overall stat of 1-2-1 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Nanjing City goalkeeper Yuxi Qi is eager to challenge this, with his 293 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a FA Cup home loss versus Changchun Yatai with 3-4 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Nanjing secured a home win against Dantong Hantong with the score 1-0.Lacking goals? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The schedule is very tough for Nanjing City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Jinan Xingzhou is waiting in only four days.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the last three meetings): Qingdao Youth Island won one game, one match ended with a tie and Nanjing City managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Messi Bouli 7 goals |   R. Santana de Vasconcelos 4 goals | J. Tavares da Silva 3 goals |
Qingdao Youth Island missing players
Nanjing City missing players
| Qingdao Youth Island | Nanjing City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 90% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5.2 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 48% | 70% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 57% |
| 6 | 4.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4.8 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
- Nanjing City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nanjing City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League One
- Nanjing City have the most scored goals in the second half (10) in League One
- Nanjing City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Qingdao Youth Island have not yet lost a game at home.
- Qingdao Youth Island have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Qingdao Youth Island have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guangxi Baoyun | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Qingdao Youth Island | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Nanjing City | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Jinan Xingzhou | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Suzhou Dongwu | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Yanbian Longding | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Heilongjiang Lava Spring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Hebei Kungfu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Dantong Hantong | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Dongguan United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Jiangxi Liansheng | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Shenyang Urban | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 14 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Shanghai Jiading | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Wuxi Wugou | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | -16 | 3 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)
